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California lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind legislation that targets Amazon and other large warehouses. The bill, opposed by retail and business groups, now heads to the governor's office.

Mexicans are sharing spectacular videos of bursts of blue lights seen streaking across the skies after a 7.0 earthquake rattled the country's Pacific coast on Wednesday.

With America's firefighting labor maxed out, Mexican nationals on temporary work visas are fighting fires near Lake Tahoe. It's hard work, but so is subsistence farming back home, and it pays better.

Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long battle with cancer.

WAYNE BARRETT, author of the book, –Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani— (Basic Books). Rudolph Giuliani, the mayor of New York City, recently dropped out of the highly visible New York Senate race, after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The Mayor is a controversial figure; some think of him as a savior who has cleaned up Manhattans streets, while others see him as a turn around artist and brut. BARRETTs book traces Guilianis life and careerfrom college student to U.S. attorney, to mayor of New York City and possible senate candidate. BARRETT is a senior editor at the Village Voice. He has been covering politics and Guiliani for over 20 years. He is also the author of Trump: The Deals and the Downfall, and co-author of City for Sale.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air We talk with political reporter Wayne Barrett about his new investigative biography of Rudy Guiliuani. The Mayor of New York City recently dropped out of the New York Senate race after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. And we meet Yugoslavian born writer ALEKSANDER HEMON. Thats coming up on the next Fresh Air.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem on Israeli reaction to a planned U.S.-Israeli-PLO summit next week. The National Religious Party and the immigrants party both oppose the far-reaching land concessions Prime Minister Ehud Barak is prepared to make, and they say they will leave his coalition government. The two ruling parties say Barak is circumventing his own government in order to negotiate a peace deal.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on Presidential candidate George W. Bush's appearance before La Raza. Bush told the Latino advocacy organization if he is elected president, he will reform the Immigration and Naturalization Service and set a standard for processing citiznship applications.

Host Bob Edwards talks with reporter Nick Thorpe in Budapest about efforts by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to change the country's constitution. This would allow him to run for re-election next year, which the constitution currently forbids, as well as change the balance of power in the parliament to give Serbia more control.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on the new reality behind dot com companies. In the Internet's early days, being the first company to offer a service was thought to guarantee success. Now, competition means the best company will win. A large number of dot coms are expected to fold because investors have become more cautious over which company gets their investment.

Toni Hasson reports from Tokyo on the first International Tribunal for crimes committed against women during the Second World War. Specifically, it will look into the allegations of so called Comfort Women-- women who were forced to have sex with members of the Japanese military during the war.